Crime
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Judge jails teenager for 15 years with hard labour, after motorcycle snatching went south
Daniel Botwe, a 19-year-old illegal miner has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour by an Asante Bekwai Circuit Court presided over by Mark Tairima Diboro for attempting to snatch a m…
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Police reportedly arrest killer of policewoman
Police in the Eastern Region have begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of Lance Corporal Sara Adjei of the Nkawkaw Divisional Command. The deceased police officer was fou…
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Top aide to New York Governor Cuomo resigns amid escalating sexual harassment scandal
A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Sunday in the wake of a state attorney general’s report that the governor sexually harassed 11 women. Melissa DeRosa, secretary to the gove…
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Police have arrested 40 suspected armed robbers in major swoop of Kumasi
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 40 suspected armed robbers believed to be behind several robberies in the Kumasi Metropolis in recent times. The gangs were arrested at separate commu…
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Knife attacker wound 10 people on Tokyo train; says he wanted to kill ‘happy women’
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who “looked happy” and wanted to kill them, Japan…
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Unknown persons murder pregnant lady, cut out baby from belly
A pregnant woman believed to be in her 40s has been killed while the unborn baby was removed from her belly at Ekumfi Akwakrom in the Ekumfi district in the Central Region. Reports say the woman is n…
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10-year-old class three pupil brutally defiled at cemetery
A class three Pupil at Ajumako Assasan D/A Basic School in the Central Region has been defiled by an unidentified person at the cemetery at Ajumako Eduyaw when returning from school with her siblings…
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[Saglemi Housing] Court grants Collins Dauda self-recognizance bail, four others on $322m bail
The former Minister of Works and Housing, Collins Dauda, has been admitted to a self-recognizance bail in the Saglemi Affordable Housing project case. He was granted bail after he pleaded not guilty …
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Police arrest two suspected robbers in Bono East
Two suspected armed robbers have been arrested from their various hideouts in Dama Nkwanta village by the Police at Abease in Yeji the capital of the Pru East District of the Bono East Region. They w…
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Man killed as gun-wielding robber attack home in Asuom
One person has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Akyem Asuom near Kade in the Eastern Region. The deceased, believed to be a 62-years-old man, was a labourer helping a popular food vendor …